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In my humble opinion, one of the most overlooked films of the past few years is "The Descent" — a creepy, psychological thriller so terrifying that the studio gave adult diapers to film critics before the screenings.

Now director Neil Marshall is hard at work on "Doomsday," his follow-up sci-fi flick about a killer virus. "This plague wipes out the planet, and certain people are immune — very few of them," the legendary Malcolm McDowell explained (read our full interview here). "They've built this huge wall up between England and Scotland. I mean, it's Hadrian's Wall, and the Scots have been trying to keep the English out for millenniums. Finally they've kept them out, but [my character's] daughter gets through. It's a complex but wonderful script."

The first images from "Doomsday" recently went live on the film's Web site, and the recently-wrapped futuristic pic is expected to be released in 2008. Read more...

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